GriffinScience

SpaceCam — Griffin Science

I’ve shared you all on a Google Doc we’ll use to keep ourselves organized in the planning for this monumental task, but here’s the page if you just want to follow along… GriffinCam Into Space Can we do it? Yes, we can.

Amazing times! BBC News – Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a ‘mini-Big Bang’: “The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a ‘mini-Big Bang’ by smashing together lead ions instead of protons. “ We NEED you all to become scientists to help us process this data. Help?

If you’ll remember from our studies of String Theory and gravitons, I made the statement that I’m not a big fan of including gravity as a fundamental force of nature. The New York Times has an in-depth piece that explains this more… A Scientist Takes On Gravity – NYTimes.com: “So says Erik Verlinde, 48, a [...]

Yikes! YouTube – Neil DeGrasse Tyson – Death By Black Hole

It makes sense that a black hole should be able to spin however it wants, but that’s not necessarily the case… until now (perhaps): Are Backward Black Holes the Key to Galaxies’ Biggest Blasts? – ScienceNOW: “If you’re planning to be a star, steer clear of supermassive black holes that spin in the opposite direction [...]

We’ll discuss in class on Friday… STEPHEN HAWKING: How to build a time machine | Mail Online: ” I do believe in time travel. Time travel to the future. Time flows like a river and it seems as if each of us is carried relentlessly along by time’s current. But time is like a river [...]

Today we discussed more of the differences between Newton’s ‘law’ of gravity and Einstein’s conception of gravity. Here’s a great site that explains more of those differences (we read a small bit of it in class today). Tomorrow we’ll be working more on our balloon racers and exploring gravity. Bring any materials you might need [...]